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I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

Schaboo wrote:

I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

I have the issue too and don't know the solution to it. But, my video card (a Radeon X300 Series) is made by ATI (If that helps any).
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You need to contact ATI about this issue and also file a report using the following links: For Feedback: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=55160
Feedback reporting tool: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=43655
Extracting the ATI driver file for your card and try updating it through Device Manager using the .inf file? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Schaboo" wrote in message

I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

Andre Da Costa [Extended64] wrote:

You need to contact ATI about this issue and also file a report using the following links: For Feedback: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=55160
Feedback reporting tool: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=43655
Extracting the ATI driver file for your card and try updating it through Device Manager using the .inf file?

How can I do that through Vista when I can't even get the desktop to load in it? Also, it works fine under Windows XP SP2.
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Well, you should at least be able to boot Vista into safe mode and try then Bryan. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Bryan Kirk" wrote in message

Andre Da Costa [Extended64] wrote:
You need to contact ATI about this issue and also file a report using the following links: For Feedback: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=55160
Feedback reporting tool: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=43655
Extracting the ATI driver file for your card and try updating it through Device Manager using the .inf file?
How can I do that through Vista when I can't even get the desktop to load in it? Also, it works fine under Windows XP SP2.
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FWIW I have the same problem but I'm using an Nvidia GeForce 6600GT. Were you able to boot into safe mode? I tried that and still got stuck at the same spot.
"Schaboo" wrote:

I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

I'm having a similar problem using a Radeon X1300. I can boot fine in safe mode, but if I try to boot normally it goes to the login screen, I enter my password, and then the screen goes black, and all I can see is the mouse and dark shapes rendering where the desktop should be. I've downloaded the drivers and tried to install them, but get an error since windows installer is not accessable in safe mode.
Also, what exactly do oyu mean by :

Extracting the ATI driver file for your card and try updating it through Device Manager using the .inf file? --

I'm having a similar problem using a Radeon X1300. I can boot fine in safe mode, but if I try to boot normally it goes to the login screen, I enter my password, and then the screen goes black, and all I can see is the mouse and dark shapes rendering where the desktop should be. I've downloaded the drivers and tried to install them, but get an error since windows installer is not accessable in safe mode.
Also, what exactly do oyu mean by :

Extracting the ATI driver file for your card and try updating it through Device Manager using the .inf file? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

"Schaboo" wrote in message

I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?

This is obviously a common 'feature' now. As I am also having the same issue. My card is the ATI X800 XT Platinum Edition.
At the final stage of the upgrade all I get is black screen and the build number in the bottom right.
It would be nice if there was a fix around this. After all the trouble getting the download and then waiting for the long upgrade... its a dam shame that it does not work.
Any help from Microsoft would be appreciated.
Gazza.

I wonder if it is the ATI card? I get the same exact thing and have an ati 800 also
"Gazza_UK" wrote:

"Schaboo" wrote in message
I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
This is obviously a common 'feature' now. As I am also having the same issue. My card is the ATI X800 XT Platinum Edition.
At the final stage of the upgrade all I get is black screen and the build number in the bottom right.
It would be nice if there was a fix around this. After all the trouble getting the download and then waiting for the long upgrade... its a dam shame that it does not work.
Any help from Microsoft would be appreciated.
Gazza.

Dont think its just an ATI thing cause I have it with an NVidia 6600, and even if I try safe mode. I've sent in a report and msinfo dump with it.. Might try again with an older video card I have.... Another thought I had -- I was installing on a drive with 20GB free before installation, it may not have had enough free space after the upgrade (though I would have expected to see a warning or error about that)
"Schaboo" wrote in message

I wonder if it is the ATI card? I get the same exact thing and have an ati 800 also
"Gazza_UK" wrote:
"Schaboo" wrote in message
I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
This is obviously a common 'feature' now. As I am also having the same issue. My card is the ATI X800 XT Platinum Edition.
At the final stage of the upgrade all I get is black screen and the build number in the bottom right.
It would be nice if there was a fix around this. After all the trouble getting the download and then waiting for the long upgrade... its a dam shame that it does not work.
Any help from Microsoft would be appreciated.
Gazza.

Maurice wrote:

Dont think its just an ATI thing cause I have it with an NVidia 6600, and even if I try safe mode. I've sent in a report and msinfo dump with it.. Might try again with an older video card I have.... Another thought I had -- I was installing on a drive with 20GB free before installation, it may not have had enough free space after the upgrade (though I would have expected to see a warning or error about that)
"Schaboo" wrote in message I wonder if it is the ATI card? I get the same exact thing and have an ati 800 also
"Gazza_UK" wrote:
"Schaboo" wrote in message
I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the >Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the > ATI >>> drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this >>> issueand over come it?
This is obviously a common 'feature' now. As I am also having the same issue. My card is the ATI X800 XT Platinum Edition.
At the final stage of the upgrade all I get is black screen and the build number in the bottom right.
It would be nice if there was a fix around this. After all the trouble getting the download and then waiting for the long upgrade... its a dam shame that it does not work.
Any help from Microsoft would be appreciated.
Gazza.

Well, I just learned that Vista doesn't like drivers that were loaded from Windows XP. Install it on a second hard drive and it'll work.
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Has anyone found a solution? I can't bbot either into mode, just the black screen with the bottom right info. Did the install not complete? There is no way to install the new drivers if you can't get past this screen.

I installed my copy of vista onto a partition on my 2nd drive, and it still fails immediately after I login.
"Bryan Kirk" wrote:

Well, I just learned that Vista doesn't like drivers that were loaded from Windows XP. Install it on a second hard drive and it'll work.
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"A Rieck" wrote:

I installed my copy of vista onto a partition on my 2nd drive, and it still fails immediately after I login.
"Bryan Kirk" wrote:
Well, I just learned that Vista doesn't like drivers that were loaded from Windows XP. Install it on a second hard drive and it'll work.
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I also have an ATI graphics driver and when Vista installed it took out the driver now it shows as an unknown device before i could get any furher the computer locked up i shut down started up in safe mode (took 25 mins to load) i went into hardware device manager found my "unknown device" figured out it was my ATI tried to update and roll back the driver since none were found couldnt do that went to www.ati.com downloaded the catalyst beta driver installe computer had to restart at that point... took 35 mins to load seems to hang on the black screen forever after 35 mins it did load normally (not in the safe mode) my desktop was back to normal size icons looked like that worked then all of a sudden i get the "unkown hardware issue again" VISTA is still not recogognizing the ATI not sure what to do at this point ??? too many things trying to load and install so havent gotten past this driver issue... computer is hanging WHERE IS MICROSOFT ?? seems to me ATI is trying but no words from microsoft regarding this in any posts at all ???
"A Rieck" wrote:

I installed my copy of vista onto a partition on my 2nd drive, and it still fails immediately after I login.
"Bryan Kirk" wrote:
Well, I just learned that Vista doesn't like drivers that were loaded from Windows XP. Install it on a second hard drive and it'll work.
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ATI Radeon X700 same problem but intermitent. it has been able to load (when it wants)
"Schaboo" wrote:

I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

FWIW - I have an Nvidia 4600 video card and get the Black Screen in both normal and safe mode. I am upgrading Windows XP Pro. I installed the latest XP Nvidia GeForce beta driver before my fourth try upgrading and still nada. Has anyone tried installing the Windows Vista beta driver in XP before upgrading? I may try that next. This is off the subject slightly but if I run Nero Drive Speed after inserting the installation DVD just before the upgrade and select 16x for the DVD read speed, it takes 4 minutes to "copy windows files." If I don't it takes 64 minutes at 1x.
-- Please respond to the group and also directly to me after removing the x''s from my email address below. Max Heisenberg bxonxesixnger7x@earthlink.net

"Schaboo" wrote:

I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

I have an ATI beta driver and i decided after days of fighting in safe mode to copy the file on a cd and i installed it from that with no problem
"max210" wrote:

FWIW - I have an Nvidia 4600 video card and get the Black Screen in both normal and safe mode. I am upgrading Windows XP Pro. I installed the latest XP Nvidia GeForce beta driver before my fourth try upgrading and still nada. Has anyone tried installing the Windows Vista beta driver in XP before upgrading? I may try that next. This is off the subject slightly but if I run Nero Drive Speed after inserting the installation DVD just before the upgrade and select 16x for the DVD read speed, it takes 4 minutes to "copy windows files." If I don't it takes 64 minutes at 1x.
-- Please respond to the group and also directly to me after removing the x''s from my email address below. Max Heisenberg bxonxesixnger7x@earthlink.net

"Schaboo" wrote:
I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

This is not what i would call a fix but if you can get to the screen were your desktop is ment to be press ctrl+alt+delete and it will display a screen were you can do a few things. click on the little round icon in the bottom left corner and turn on high contrast mode. This allowed me to load my desktop and disable areo which seems to be the cause of this issue imo.
my stats are ASUS A8R-MVP MSI RADON X1300 1.5GB Ram CREATIVE Audigy 2 ZS
"Schaboo" wrote:

I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

Are any of you using Diskkeeper 10 Beta? My installation was running great, stress tested it with every program I could think of, no issues. After running Diskkeeper instead of Windows installed defrag program, system would not get past black screen with build info, same as you. Suggest this issue is a bug which allows defrag to move files that Vista dosen't want moved, and then it balks at starting up after that. May not be the issue, but it seems damn funny that everything was going great until then.....
"There are three kinds of people in this world...those that watch what happens, those that make things happen, and those that wonder what in the hell has happened. Ensure that you know which of these you are, and act accordingly."
"kdb1981" wrote:

This is not what i would call a fix but if you can get to the screen were your desktop is ment to be press ctrl+alt+delete and it will display a screen were you can do a few things. click on the little round icon in the bottom left corner and turn on high contrast mode. This allowed me to load my desktop and disable areo which seems to be the cause of this issue imo.
my stats are ASUS A8R-MVP MSI RADON X1300 1.5GB Ram CREATIVE Audigy 2 ZS
"Schaboo" wrote:
I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

Maybe Igot the build number of the program wrong, but they offer a beat that works with Vista, and that's the one I used.Maybe it messed with the video drivers or something.
"There are three kinds of people in this world...those that watch what happens, those that make things happen, and those that wonder what in the hell has happened. Ensure that you know which of these you are, and act accordingly."
"ko van Zeeland" wrote:

Are any of you using Diskkeeper 10 Beta? My installation was running great, stress tested it with every program I could think of, no issues. After running Diskkeeper instead of Windows installed defrag program, system would not get past black screen with build info, same as you. Suggest this issue is a bug which allows defrag to move files that Vista dosen't want moved, and then it balks at starting up after that. May not be the issue, but it seems damn funny that everything was going great until then.....
"There are three kinds of people in this world...those that watch what happens, those that make things happen, and those that wonder what in the hell has happened. Ensure that you know which of these you are, and act accordingly."
"kdb1981" wrote:
This is not what i would call a fix but if you can get to the screen were your desktop is ment to be press ctrl+alt+delete and it will display a screen were you can do a few things. click on the little round icon in the bottom left corner and turn on high contrast mode. This allowed me to load my desktop and disable areo which seems to be the cause of this issue imo.
my stats are ASUS A8R-MVP MSI RADON X1300 1.5GB Ram CREATIVE Audigy 2 ZS "Schaboo" wrote:
I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks
This version of Diskeeper is not compatible yet with the current build.
ko van Zeeland

Are any of you using Diskkeeper 10 Beta? My installation was running great, stress tested it with every program I could think of, no issues. After running Diskkeeper instead of Windows installed defrag program, system would not get past black screen with build info, same as you. Suggest this issue is a bug which allows defrag to move files that Vista dosen't want moved, and then it balks at starting up after that. May not be the issue, but it seems damn funny that everything was going great until then.....
"There are three kinds of people in this world...those that watch what happens, those that make things happen, and those that wonder what in the hell has happened. Ensure that you know which of these you are, and act accordingly."
"kdb1981" wrote:
This is not what i would call a fix but if you can get to the screen were your desktop is ment to be press ctrl+alt+delete and it will display a screen were you can do a few things. click on the little round icon in the bottom left corner and turn on high contrast mode. This allowed me to load my desktop and disable areo which seems to be the cause of this issue imo.
my stats are ASUS A8R-MVP MSI RADON X1300 1.5GB Ram CREATIVE Audigy 2 ZS "Schaboo" wrote:
I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks
This version of Diskeeper is not compatible yet with the current build.

ko van Zeeland

Yes, you are right but that build they made was for as previous version of Vista we all are waiting for a new build from diskeeper that will work with the current build.
ko van Zeeland
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There are actually only 10 kinds of people in this world; those who can read binary and those who can't.
"Mechhead" wrote in message

Are any of you using Diskkeeper 10 Beta? My installation was running great, stress tested it with every program I could think of, no issues. After running Diskkeeper instead of Windows installed defrag program, system would not get past black screen with build info, same as you. Suggest this issue is a bug which allows defrag to move files that Vista dosen't want moved, and then it balks at starting up after that. May not be the issue, but it seems damn funny that everything was going great until then.....
"There are three kinds of people in this world...those that watch what happens, those that make things happen, and those that wonder what in the hell has happened. Ensure that you know which of these you are, and act accordingly."
"kdb1981" wrote:
This is not what i would call a fix but if you can get to the screen were your desktop is ment to be press ctrl+alt+delete and it will display a screen were you can do a few things. click on the little round icon in the bottom left corner and turn on high contrast mode. This allowed me to load my desktop and disable areo which seems to be the cause of this issue imo.
my stats are ASUS A8R-MVP MSI RADON X1300 1.5GB Ram CREATIVE Audigy 2 ZS
"Schaboo" wrote:
I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

LOL Colin,
Can I use that?
-Ben "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

There are actually only 10 kinds of people in this world; those who can read binary and those who can't.
"Mechhead" wrote in message Are any of you using Diskkeeper 10 Beta? My installation was running great, stress tested it with every program I could think of, no issues. After running Diskkeeper instead of Windows installed defrag program, system would not get past black screen with build info, same as you. Suggest this issue is a bug which allows defrag to move files that Vista dosen't want moved, and then it balks at starting up after that. May not be the issue, but it seems damn funny that everything was going great until then.....
"There are three kinds of people in this world...those that watch what happens, those that make things happen, and those that wonder what in the hell has happened. Ensure that you know which of these you are, and act accordingly."
"kdb1981" wrote:
This is not what i would call a fix but if you can get to the screen were your desktop is ment to be press ctrl+alt+delete and it will display a screen were you can do a few things. click on the little round icon in the bottom left corner and turn on high contrast mode. This allowed me to load my desktop and disable areo which seems to be the cause of this issue imo.
my stats are ASUS A8R-MVP MSI RADON X1300 1.5GB Ram CREATIVE Audigy 2 ZS
"Schaboo" wrote:
I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

Sure.
"Ben Salisbury" wrote in message

LOL Colin,
Can I use that?
-Ben "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message There are actually only 10 kinds of people in this world; those who can read binary and those who can't.
"Mechhead" wrote in message Are any of you using Diskkeeper 10 Beta? My installation was running great, stress tested it with every program I could think of, no issues. After running Diskkeeper instead of Windows installed defrag program, system would not get past black screen with build info, same as you. Suggest this issue is a bug which allows defrag to move files that Vista dosen't want moved, and then it balks at starting up after that. May not be the issue, but it seems damn funny that everything was going great until then.....
"There are three kinds of people in this world...those that watch what happens, those that make things happen, and those that wonder what in the hell has happened. Ensure that you know which of these you are, and act accordingly."
"kdb1981" wrote:
This is not what i would call a fix but if you can get to the screen were your desktop is ment to be press ctrl+alt+delete and it will display a screen were you can do a few things. click on the little round icon in the bottom left corner and turn on high contrast mode. This allowed me to load my desktop and disable areo which seems to be the cause of this issue imo.
my stats are ASUS A8R-MVP MSI RADON X1300 1.5GB Ram CREATIVE Audigy 2 ZS
"Schaboo" wrote:
I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

I also get a black screen with mouse cursor and Vista Build #5472 on lower right. At first, I thought that my computer was locked up, but if I wait, and I mean wait over 5-7 minutes, I eventually get the login screen with no further problems. This began to happen to me after I installed Office 2007 beta and AVG. I uninstalled AVG, but problem did not go away. I actually re-booted two or three times initially before this problem appeared.
First occurance was an upgrade from an earlier Vista build, then I completed a clean install, same problem after the initial two or three re-boots.
I am considering removing Office 2007 beta next to see if it goes away, but from reading about other people with this issue, I do not believe that is what is causing this issue???
-- Brian
"Schaboo" wrote:

I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks

On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 15:11:02 -0700, Brian wrote:

I also get a black screen with mouse cursor and Vista Build #5472 on lower right. At first, I thought that my computer was locked up, but if I wait, and I mean wait over 5-7 minutes, I eventually get the login screen with no further problems. This began to happen to me after I installed Office 2007 beta and AVG. I uninstalled AVG, but problem did not go away. I actually re-booted two or three times initially before this problem appeared.
First occurance was an upgrade from an earlier Vista build, then I completed a clean install, same problem after the initial two or three re-boots.
I am considering removing Office 2007 beta next to see if it goes away, but from reading about other people with this issue, I do not believe that is what is causing this issue???

If you unplug the network cable from the back of your computer, does it still lock up? -- Michael Cecil http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/ http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

Yes sir, it still hung up on the black screen with build # in lower right for exactly 5 1/2 minutes till the login screen appeared. Let me also clarify, the mouse cursor is present and moves properly, the computer is not completely locked up during this time period. Almost as if Vista is waiting or looking for something??? -- Brian
"Michael Cecil" wrote:

On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 15:11:02 -0700, Brian <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
I also get a black screen with mouse cursor and Vista Build #5472 on lower right. At first, I thought that my computer was locked up, but if I wait, and I mean wait over 5-7 minutes, I eventually get the login screen with no further problems. This began to happen to me after I installed Office 2007 beta and AVG. I uninstalled AVG, but problem did not go away. I actually re-booted two or three times initially before this problem appeared.
First occurance was an upgrade from an earlier Vista build, then I completed a clean install, same problem after the initial two or three re-boots.
I am considering removing Office 2007 beta next to see if it goes away, but from reading about other people with this issue, I do not believe that is what is causing this issue???
If you unplug the network cable from the back of your computer, does it still lock up? -- Michael Cecil http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/ http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

Whatever it was doing may have timed out and left a clue in the Event Viewer.
"Brian" wrote in message

Yes sir, it still hung up on the black screen with build # in lower right for exactly 5 1/2 minutes till the login screen appeared. Let me also clarify, the mouse cursor is present and moves properly, the computer is not completely locked up during this time period. Almost as if Vista is waiting or looking for something??? -- Brian
"Michael Cecil" wrote:
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 15:11:02 -0700, Brian Brian@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
I also get a black screen with mouse cursor and Vista Build #5472 on lower right. At first, I thought that my computer was locked up, but if I wait, and I mean wait over 5-7 minutes, I eventually get the login screen with no further problems. This began to happen to me after I installed Office 2007 beta and AVG. I uninstalled AVG, but problem did not go away. I actually re-booted two or three times initially before this problem appeared.
First occurance was an upgrade from an earlier Vista build, then I completed a clean install, same problem after the initial two or three re-boots.
I am considering removing Office 2007 beta next to see if it goes away, but from reading about other people with this issue, I do not believe that is what is causing this issue???
If you unplug the network cable from the back of your computer, does it still lock up? -- Michael Cecil http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/ http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

Rebooted and checked the event log viewer for the past 24 hours. A "Boot Performance Monitoring" critical event keeps showing up when I reboot, but it just confirms what I am experiencing, a long boot time. Couldn't see a source of the problem in the event log. I saved the log info to a file, but I do not see a way to attach to this forum, I am using the web interface to this forum, I do not have a news reader set up for here. -- Brian
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Whatever it was doing may have timed out and left a clue in the Event Viewer.
"Brian" wrote in message Yes sir, it still hung up on the black screen with build # in lower right for exactly 5 1/2 minutes till the login screen appeared. Let me also clarify, the mouse cursor is present and moves properly, the computer is not completely locked up during this time period. Almost as if Vista is waiting or looking for something??? -- Brian
"Michael Cecil" wrote:
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 15:11:02 -0700, Brian Brian@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
I also get a black screen with mouse cursor and Vista Build #5472 on lower right. At first, I thought that my computer was locked up, but if I wait, and I mean wait over 5-7 minutes, I eventually get the login screen with no further problems. This began to happen to me after I installed Office 2007 beta and AVG. I uninstalled AVG, but problem did not go away. I actually re-booted two or three times initially before this problem appeared.
First occurance was an upgrade from an earlier Vista build, then I completed a clean install, same problem after the initial two or three re-boots.
I am considering removing Office 2007 beta next to see if it goes away, but from reading about other people with this issue, I do not believe that is what is causing this issue???
If you unplug the network cable from the back of your computer, does it still lock up? -- Michael Cecil http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/ http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

I have the same problem with an ATI x1300 512mb, using the ATI beta drivers, I just see black screen after logging in. BUT I tried pressing the start button and up a few times like 30-45 sec after login and hitting enter and waiting and the desktop CAME UP! turned out to be the welcome screen and I have done it every time and it has worked 80% of the time, sometimes coming up instanlly, sometimes taking 2 min. also I hit up the same number of times, so you could probably figure out the number in safe mode.
Hope it helps!
"Brian" wrote:

Rebooted and checked the event log viewer for the past 24 hours. A "Boot Performance Monitoring" critical event keeps showing up when I reboot, but it just confirms what I am experiencing, a long boot time. Couldn't see a source of the problem in the event log. I saved the log info to a file, but I do not see a way to attach to this forum, I am using the web interface to this forum, I do not have a news reader set up for here. -- Brian
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
Whatever it was doing may have timed out and left a clue in the Event Viewer.
"Brian" wrote in message Yes sir, it still hung up on the black screen with build # in lower right for exactly 5 1/2 minutes till the login screen appeared. Let me also clarify, the mouse cursor is present and moves properly, the computer is not completely locked up during this time period. Almost as if Vista is waiting or looking for something??? -- Brian
"Michael Cecil" wrote:
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 15:11:02 -0700, Brian Brian@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
I also get a black screen with mouse cursor and Vista Build #5472 on lower right. At first, I thought that my computer was locked up, but if I wait, and I mean wait over 5-7 minutes, I eventually get the login screen with no further problems. This began to happen to me after I installed Office 2007 beta and AVG. I uninstalled AVG, but problem did not go away. I actually re-booted two or three times initially before this problem appeared.
First occurance was an upgrade from an earlier Vista build, then I completed a clean install, same problem after the initial two or three re-boots.
I am considering removing Office 2007 beta next to see if it goes away, but from reading about other people with this issue, I do not believe that is what is causing this issue???
If you unplug the network cable from the back of your computer, does it still lock up? -- Michael Cecil http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/ http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

I'm having the same problem.... It was working correctly about one week... and now, stuck in this black screen with mouse pointer...
If I go in Safe mode, the same occurs... How should I solve this??
Ueslei
"Schaboo" wrote:

I get it to the point where isstarts to load vista but then I see the Build in the bottom right and the screen is black. Do I have to install the ATI drivers for Vista before I install vista? And has anyone had this issueand over come it?
Thanks